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CYRUS SHERWOOD BRADLEY 

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THOI' who turnest the hearts of the children to the fathers, 
and hast declared that the righteous shall be had in everlasting 
remembrance, we thank Thee for the inspiration which called 
into existence the Society of the Sons of the Revolution ; and the 
blessing which has hitherto attended it : And we pray Thee to 
continue to aid our Society in this, and succeeding generations, in 
the pious work of perpetuating the memory of the sacrifices, and 
sufferings, and valor of our fathers, through which our priceless 
heritage was won. 

And finally, when we also shall have served Thee in our genera- 
tion, may we be gathered unto our fathers, having the testimony of 
a good conscience ; in favor with Thee our God ; and in perfect 
charity with the world; All which we ask through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 



(Certificate of Or5ani3a^ion 



^ntititiitt of (DvganffatCon 



Be it known, That on the yth day of September, 1893, Dwight Morris, Cyrus 
Sherwood Bradley, Henry Walton Wessells, Alexander Hamilton, Jr., Henry N. 
Wayne, A. Floyd Delalleld, Thomas B. Fairchild, Wm. Freeman French and Jesup 
Wakeman, did associate themselves as a body corporate, pursuant to the statute laws 
of the State of Connecticut regulating the formation and organization of corpora- 
tions without capital stock, and the following are their articles of association : — 

Article i. The name of said corporation shall be " Sons of the Revolution." 

Article 2. The purposes for which said corporation is formed are the follow- 
ing, to wit : — 

To perpetuate the memory of the men, who, in the military, naval and civil 
service of the Colonies and the Continental Congress, by their acts or their counsel, 
achieved American independence ; to promote and assist in the proper celebration 
of the anniversaries of the birthday of Washington, and of prominent events in the 
War of the Revolution ; to inspire among the members and their descendants the 
patriotic spirit of their forefathers ; to inculcate in the community in general 
sentiments of nationality and respect for the principles for which the patriots of the 
Revolution contended ; and to promote social intercourse and the feeling of fellow- 
ship among its members. 

Article 3. The statute laws of the State of Connecticut relating to corpora- 
tions without capital stock are hereby particularly referred to and made a part of 
these articles, and the corporation hereby organized and established under and 
pursuant to said statute laws shall have all the powers and proceed according to the 
regulations described and specified therein. 

Article 4. The said corporation is located in the town of New Haven, county 
of New Haven, and State of Connecticut. 

Dated at Bridgeport, this 7th day of September, 1893. 

We, the undersigned. President and Secretary of the " Sons of the Revolution," 
hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Articles of Association of said 
corporation. 

Attest 

DWIGHT MORRIS, President. 

CYRUS SHERWOOD BRADLEY, Secretary. 



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iFountrttJS 



Chief Engineer LOUIS JOSEPH ALLEN, .U. S. N. 

CYRUS SHERWOOD BRADLEY. 

AUGUSTUS FLOYD DELAFIELD. 

FRANK CURTIS DOWD. 

THOMAS BENJAMIN FAIRCHILD. 

WILLIAM FREEMAN FRENCH, M.D. 

Reverend ALEXANDER HAMILTON. 

Brigadier-General DWIGHT MORRIS. 

ROBERT CLARK MORRIS, D. C. L. 

EDWARD WOOD RIKER. 

Lieutenant-Colonel GEORGE BLISS SANFORD, U. S. A. 

WILLIAM HENRY SANFORD. 

SATTERLEE SWARTWOUT. 

JESUP WAKEMAN. 

Reverend HENRY N. WAYNE. 

Colonel HENRY WALTON WESSELLS. C. N. G. 



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GEORGE WASHINGTON. 



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J^tlf Katnr of WiunijiviQton 



Sons of the youth and the truth of the nation, - 

Ye that are met to remember the man 
Whose valor gave birth to a people's salvation, — 
Honor him now ; set his name in the van. 
A nobleness to try for, 
A name to live and die for — 
The name of Washington ! 

Calmly his face shall look down through the ages — 

Sweet yet severe with a spirit of warning ; 
Charged with the wisdom of saints and of sages ; 
Quick with the light of a life-giving morning. 
A majesty to try for ; 
A name to live and die for — 
The name of Washington ! 

Though faction may rack us, or party divide us, 

And bitterness break the gold links of our story. 
Our father and leader is ever beside us. 
Live and forgive ! But forget not the glory 
Of him whose height we try for ; 
A name to live and die for— 
The name of Washington ! 

Still in his eyes shall be mirrored our fleeting 

Days, with the image of days long ended ; 

Still shall those eyes give, immortally, greeting 

Unto the souls from his spirit descended. 

His grandeur we will try for ; 

His name we'll live and die for — 

The name of Washington ! 

George Parsons Lathrop. 



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"G 



on be praised for the gift to us of Washington, the patriot, 
the soldier, the hero, the statesman, the Christian! It is 'this 
unblemished gentleman ' who is the central figure of our country's 
past ; the model for the present time, the heritage of all succeeding 
years. His life was 'right as it respected his God. his country 
and himself." His memory is our tie of brotherhood. His name is 
the watchword of our freedom, and that of all the world ! " 



Officer0 



SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 



State of Connecticut. 

Instituted May 24th, iSgj. 
Incorporated under the Laws of the State of Connecticut, September yth, iSqj. 



OFFICERS 

Elected December loth, iSg^. 



JJifsiOcnt. 
Hon. morgan GARDNER BULKELEY, Hartford. 

■Pi'cf'^PvesfDtnt. 
Hon. DANIEL NASH MORGAN, Treasurer of the United States. 

Stcrctavj). 
Reverend HENRY N. WAYNE, New Brit.«n. 

Sl.«isiBtant SctrctavB. 
ABRAM BALDWIN STURGES, M.D., Southport. 

Ci-rasurtv. 
Colonei. HENRY WALTON WESSELLS, Litchfield. 

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WILLIAM FREEMAN FRENCH, M.D., Noroton. 



Reverend NATHANIEL ELLSWORTH CORNWALL, Stratford. 



33oaili of ifianagcvs. 
CYRUS SHERWOOD BRADLEY, ROBERT CLARK MORRIS, D.C.L., 

Reverend ALEXANDER HAMILTON, DAVID HENRY GOULD, 
Colonel GEORGE BLISS SANFORD, OLIVER TAYLOR SHERWOOD, 
Hon. ALBERT PORTER BRADSTREET, WILLIAM F. WATERBURY, 

LEIGH RICHMOND HOYT. 

Jlclraatcs to ti)E fflfrntral Society. 
Hon. MORGAN GARDNER BULKELEY, Colonel GEORGE BLISS SANFORD, 
SATTERLEE SWARTWOUT, AUGUSTUS FLOYD DELAFIELD, 

HENRY LINCOLN ROWLAND. 

aittvnales. 
Colonel HENRY WALTON WESSELLS. Rev. N. ELLSWORTH CORNWALL, 
ROBERT CLARK MORRIS, D.C.L., ROBERT PEEL WAKEMAN, 

WALTER HENRY TILTON. 



(DfKrevs of tijr SocCttff 

From its Organization. 



$TC0i)]entB. 

1893 . . Brigadier-General DWIGHT MORRIS . . . . 1894 

1894 . . Hon. morgan GARDNER BULKELEY .... 

■picc^^Pi'fsnitnt. 
1893 . . Hon. DANIEL NASH MORGAN 

Sfcrctavics. 
1893 . CYRUS SHERWOOD BRADLEY 1895 

1895 . . Reverend HENRY N. WAYNE 

assistant StcvctarD. 
1895 ABRAM BALDWIN STURGES, M.D 

treasurer. 
1893 . . Colonel HENRY WALTON WESSELLS, C. N. G. . 

l&CQisti-acs. 

1893 . . NATHAN GILLETTE POND 1894 

1894 . JESUP WAKEMAN 1895 

1895 WILLIAM FREEMAN FRENCH, M.D 

ffiliaplaiiio. 

1893 . . Reverend ALEXANDER HAMILTON .... 1894 

1894 . . Reverend NATHANIEL ELLSWORTH CORNWALL 

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SATTERLEE SWARTWOUT 

WILLIAM FREEMAN FRENCH, M.D. 

Colonel GEORGE BLISS SANFORD. 

Reverend HENRY N. WAYNE . 

Chief Engineer LOUIS JOSEPH ALLEN 

JESUP WAKEMAN 

SIMON COUCH SHERWOOD 

AUGUSTUS FLOYD DELAFIELD 

JOHN SMITH JONES . 

ROBERT CLARK MORRIS, D.C.L. 

JOHN EDWARD HEATON . 

Hon. ALBERT PORTER BRADSTREET 

OLIVER TAYLOR SHERWOOD . 

CYRUS SHERWOOD BRADLEY 

Reverend ALEXANDER HAMILTON 

DAVID HENRY GOULD 

WILLIAM F. WATERBURY 

LEIGH RICHMOND HOYT . 



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ADMITTED 

1893. ALLEN, LOUIS JOSEPH, Chief Engineer, U.S.N. (Society of 

Pennsylvania, the War of I 81 2.) 

1890. ' 

^fs,/"''' Third in descent from Ensign Jacob Strembeck. 

1894. ANDREWS, AVILLIAM TAYLOR. (Society of the War of i8i 2.) 

Fourtli in descent from John Dibble. 
Third in descent from Lemuel Taylor. 

1895. BALDWIN, HENRY. 

Third in descent from Roger Sherman. 

1894. BALDWIN, WILSON LESLIE. 

Third in descent from Lieutenant Nathan Baldwin. 
Fourth in descent from Captain Charles Pond. 

1894. BELL, CLARENCE W. 

Third in descent from Sergeant Thaddeus Bell. 

1894. BELL, THADDEUS. 

Second in descent from Sergeant Thaddeus Bell. 

1894. BOWEN, JAMES BARTON. (Society of the War of 1812.) 
Third in descent from Abiel Chaffee. 

1893. BRADLEY, CYRUS SHERWOOD. (Society of Colonial Wars ; 
New York, Society of the War of 181 2.) 

Third in descent from Levi Bradley. 

Fourth in descent from Ensign Seth Bradley. 

Fourth in descent from John Wakeman, 2d. 

Fourth in descent from John Dimon. 

Fourth in descent from Daniel Sherwood, 2d. 

Fourth in descent from Corporal Simon Couch. 

Fifth in descent from Simon Couch. 

Fourth in descent from Gershom Bulkley. 

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ADMITTED 



1894. BRADSTREET, ALBERT PORTER, Hon. 
Third in descent from John Bradstreet. 

1894. BRADSTREET, EDWARD THOMAS, M.D. 
Third in descent from John Bradstreet. 

1894. BRADSTREET, THOMAS DUDLEY. 

Third in descent from John Bradstreet. 

1894. BULKELEY, MORGAN GARDNER, Hon. (Society of Colo- 

nial Wars; Military Order of Foreign Wars; Society of 
the War of 181 2.) 

Third in descent from Lieutenant-Colonel Eliphalet Bulkeley. 
Third in descent from Sergeant William Avery Morgan. 

1895. CHASE, CHARLES FRANCIS. 

Fifth in descent from Colonel Aaron Davis. 

1893. CORNWALL, NATHANIEL ELLSWORTH, Reverend. 
Third in descent from Lieutenant Solomon Ellsworth. 

1895. DAY, LOREN TRUE, M.D. 

Fourth in descent from James Wayland. 

1893. DELAFIELD, AUGUSTUS FLOYD. (Military Order of Foreign 
New York. ^ars ; Society of the War of 1812.) 

Third in descent from Colonel William Floyd. 

Third in descent from Joseph Hallett. 

1893. DOWD, FRANK CURTIS. 

f^gi. " ' Fourth in descent from Colonel William Douglass. 

1894. DUNHAM, MARTIN VAN BUREN, M.D. 

Third in descent from Jonathan Gary. 

1893. FAIRCHILD, THOMAS BENJAMIN. 

iNcw York r^ 

1887. ' Second in descent from Lieutenant Thomas EI wood. 

1894. FORD, JAMES A. 

Third in descent from Henry Baldwin. 

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From. Painting by John TcOmbuIl. 



ADMITTED 

1893. FOSTER, CHAUNCEY SMITH. 

Second in descent from Eliphalet Clark. 

1S93. FRENCH, WILLIAM FREEMAN, M.D. (Society of Colonial 
New York, Wars ; Society of the War of 1812.) 

Third in descent fi-om Lieutenant William Glenney. 

Third in descent from Midshipman Samuel Stowe. 

Fourth in descent from Stephen Stowe. 

1893. GATES, HOWARD EUGENE, M.D. 

Fourth in descent from Major John Wait Garrett. 

1894. GORHAM, JOHN ALVORD. 

Third in descent from Sergeant John Alvord. 
Third in descent from Lieutenant Daniel Bradley. 

1894. GORHAM, JOHN FREDERICK. 

Fourth in descent from Daniel Treadwell. 

1895. GOULD, DAVID HENRY. (Society of Colonial Wars.) 

Third in descent from Ebenezer Gould. 

Fourtli in descent from Sergeant Eleazer Gould. 

1893. HAMILTON, ALEXANDER, Major-General, U. S. A. (Society 
of the Cincinnati.) 
Second in descent from Brevet-Colonel Alexander Hamilton. 

1893. HAMILTON, ALEXANDER, Reverend. (Society of Colonial 
New^vork, Wars ; Military Order of Foreign Wars ; Society of the 

War of 1 81 2.) 

Third in descent from Brevet-Colonel Alexander Hamilton. 

Fourth in descent from Major-General Philip Schuyler. 

Third in descent from Brigade-Major Jonathan Lawrence. 

Third in descent from Brigadier-General Nathaniel Wood- 
hull. 

1894. HEATON, JOHN EDWARD. (Society of Colonial Wars; 

Society of the War of 181 2.) 
Third in descent from Captain John Jennison. 
Fourth in descent from Captain John Fuller. 
Fourth in descent from Corporal Theophilus Goodyear. 

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ADMITTED 



1895. HODGE, CHARLES W. 

Third in descent from Philo Hodge. 

1895. HOPKINS, LEWIS LEGRAND. 

Third in descent from Abel Sherwood. 

1894. HOTCHKISS, FRANK HOWARD. 

Third in descent from Henry Baldwin. 

1894. HOYT, HARRIE TROWBRIDGE. 

Third in descent from Eliphalet Smith. 

1893. HOYT, HEUSTED W. R., Colonel, C. N. G. (Died April 8th, 
1894.) 
Third in descent from Sergeant Nathaniel Osborn. 

1893. HOYT, LEIGH RICHMOND. 

Third in descent from Sergeant Nathaniel Osborn. 

1895. HOYT, THOMAS RUSSELL. 

Second in descent from Eliphalet Smith. 

1895. JOHNSON, FREDERICK CURTIS, Colonel, C. N. G. 
Fourth in descent from John Holbrook. 

1893. JONES, JOHN SMITH. 

Third in descent from Lieutenant John Jones. 

1893. JONES, TIMOTHY. 

Second in descent from Lieutenant John Jones. 

1894. LACEY, MILTON SILLIMAN. 

Fourth in descent from Daniel Sherwood, 2d. 
Fourth in descent from Lieutenant Daniel Bradley. 

1893. MORGAN, DANIEL NASH, Hon. 

Third in descent from Zedekiah Morgan. 

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ADMITTED 

1893. MORRIS, DWIGHT, Brigadier-General. (Society of the Cin- 
New York, cinnati.) Died September 26th, 1894. 

First in descent from Brevet-Major James Morris. 

1893. MORRIS, ROBERT CLARK, D.C.L. (Society of the Cincin- 

New York, nati.) 

1891. ' 

Second in descent from Brevet-Major James Morris. 

1894. PARMELEE, HENRY DOUGLAS. 

Third in descent from Samuel Parmelee. 

1893. POND, NATHAN GILLETTE. (Society of the Cincinnati ; 
Society of Colonial Wars.) Died July 29th. 1894. 
Third in descent from Captain Charles Pond. 

1893. RIKER, EDWARD WOOD. 

New York, Third in descent from Sergeant Ananias Weed. 

Fifth in descent from James Wallace. 

1894. ROWLAND, HENRY LINCOLN. 

Fourth in descent from Captain Eliphalet Thorp. 
Fourth in descent from Daniel Sherwood, 2d. 

1895. ROWLAND, HERBERT SAMUEL. 

Fourth in descent from Captain Eliphalet Thorp. 
Fourth in descent from Daniel Sherwood, 2d. 

1893. SANFORD, GEORGE BLISS, Lieutenant-Colonel, U. S. A. 
New York, (Society of the Cincinnati ; Society of Colonial Wars ; 

Society of the War of 181 2.) 

Fourth in descent from Sergeant Elihu Sanford. 

Third in descent from Ensign Elihu Lyman. 

1893. SANFORD, WILLIAM HENRY. 

New York, Third in descent from Tonah Sanford. 

1891. ■' 

1894. SHERWOOD, ELISHA CORNELIUS. 

Third in descent from Daniel Sherwood, 2d. 
Third in descent from Lieutenant Daniel Bradley. 

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ADMITTED 

1893. SHERWOOD, OLIVER TAYLOR. 

Fourth in descent from Daniel Sherwood, 2d. 

1893. SHERWOOD, SIMON COUCH. 

Third in descent from Daniel Sherwood, 2d. 
Third in descent from Corporal Simon Couch. 
Fourth in descent from Simon Couch. 
Second in descent from Joseph Hyde. 
Third in descent from Ensign Ebenezer Jesup. 

1894. STREET, FREDERICK D. 

Fourth in descent from Captain Joseph Mather. 
Fifth in descent from Reverend Moses Mather, D.D. 

1894. STURGES, ABRAM BALDWIN, M.D. 
Third in descent from Joel Jennings. 

1893. SWARTWOUT SATTERLEE. (Society of Colonial Wars; 
New York, Society of the War of 181 2.) 

1087. "^ ' 

Third in descent from Captain Abraham Swartwout. 
Fourth in descent from Benedict Satterlee. 

1894. TILTON, WALTER HENRY. 

Third in descent from Michael Carter. 

1893. WAKEMAN, HOWARD NICHOLS. 

Third in descent from John Wakeman, 2d. 



1893. WAKEMAN, JESUP. (Society of Colonial Wars ; Society of the 
War of 18 1 2.) 

Third in descent from Gershom Bulkley. 



New York, Warofi8i2.) 

1893. -' 



1894. WAKEMAN, ROBERT PEEL. (Society of Colonial Wars.) 

Fourth in descent from Captain Eliphalet Thorp. 
Fourth in descent from Daniel Sherwood, 2d. 

1895. WATERBURY, WILLIAM F. 

Third in descent from Enos Waterbury. 

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ADMITTED 



1894. WATERMAN, WARREN GOOKIN. 

Third in descent from Dan Storrs. 

1893. WAYNE, HENRY N., Reverend. (Military Order of Foreign 
Ne^Jork, Wars.) 

Fourth in descent from Brigadier-General Natlianiel Wood- 
hull. 
Fourth in descent from Brigade-Major Jonathan Lawrence. 

1S94. WELLS, EDWARD LIVINGSTON. 

Fifth in descent from John Hotchkiss. 

1893. WESSELLS, HENRY' WALTON, Colonel, C. N. G. (Society 
New jork. of Colonial Wars ; Society of the War of 1812.) 

Fourth in descent from Elijah Holcombe. 



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*♦« onlfi vtQVtt tfjat K Jjatir fttit out Ufe to lose 
for ms counttff/^ 



With calm brow, steady brow. 

He listens to his doom. 
In his look there is no fear. 

Nor a shadow-trace of gloom, 
But with calm brow, steady brow 

He robes him for the tomb. 

In the long night, the still night. 

He kneels upon the sod ; 
And the brutal guards withhold 

Ev'n the solemn Word of God. 
And the long night, the still night. 

He walks where Christ hath trod. 

'Neath the blue morn, the sunny morn. 

He dies upon the tree ; 
And he mourns that he can lose 

But one life for liberty. 
In the blue morn, the sunny morn. 

His spirit wings are free. 

But his last words, his message-words. 
They burn lest friendly eye 

Should not read how proud and calm 
A patriot could die. 

With his last words, his dying words, 
A soldier's battle cry. 

From Fame-leaf and Angel-leaf, 

From monument and urn. 
The sad of earth, the glad of heaven. 

His tragic fate shall learn, 
And on Fame-leaf and Angel-leaf 

The name of HALE shall burn. 



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^fafuc of (Tlof^an f afc. 





Nathan Hale. 



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MtQmtv of ^tictstots. 



ALVORD, JOHN, Sergeant, 1750 . GreenQeld, Fairfield. 

Private, 8th Company, Captain Ebenezer Hill, 4tli Regiment Con- 
necticut Militia, Colonel Samuel Whiting, in service one month 
1776 ; in service in Fairfield Coast-Guard, June 3d (as Corporal), 
October 23d (as Sergeant in Command), November 7th and 22d, 
1776, and January 26th, and February 9th, 1777 ; in service three 
months 1777 ; three months 1778 ; one week 1779, at the burning 
of Fairfield; six months 1779 ; Sergeant same Company in service 
six months 1780. 

(Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, p. 662. 
His application for the pension which he received ; statement of 
Wm. Lochren, Commissioner of Pensions, on file. MS. Records, 
Fairfield Coast-Guard, in Pequot Library, Southport.) 

GoRHAM, John Alvord. 

BALDWIN, HENRY, . Stonington. 

Private, 6th Compan}-, Captain Edward Shipman, 7th Connecticut 
Continental Regiment, Colonel Charles Webb, July nth-Decem- 
ber i8th, 1775. 

(Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, p. 82.) 

Ford, James A. 

HoTCHKiss, Frank Howard. 



BALDWIN, NATHAN, Lieutenant, 1755-1805. Milford. 

"Appf' Lieut, with the comm" of the Fort at Milford, and also 

empowered to cruize in the Sound with tlie Boat belonging to 

the Fort," 1782. 
(Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, p. 631.) 

Baldwin, Wilson Leslie. 

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BELL, THADDEUS, Sergeant, 1759-1851. Middlesex, Stamford. 

Private, Captain " Gregory's " Company, Colonel " Sellman's " 
Regiment, March-April, 1776 ; Private, nth Company, Captain 
Jonathan Bell, 9th Regiment Connecticut Militia, Lieutenant- 
Colonel John Mead, Commanding, in service at New York, August 
i3th-September nth, 1776 ; Private, in same Company, in service 
on the Westchester border, October 24th-December 24th, 1776; 
Private, same Company, Captain Eli Reed, in service on the 
Westchester border, December 27th, 1776-January 8th, 1777 ; Pri- 
vate, same Company, in service January-March, 1777 ; Private, 
I St Company, Captain Jesse Bell, same Regiment, Colonel John 
Mead, March-September, 1777 ; engaged at Ridgefield, April 27th, 
and at Compo, April 28th, 1777 ; Sergeant i ith Company, Captain 
Eli Reed, same Regiment, in service March-June, 1778, and July, 
1779-January, 1780 ; engaged at Fairfield, July 8th, and at 
Norwalk, July 12th, 1779; Sergeant, same Company, Captain 
Nathaniel Slason, in service April-June, 1780, and June-July, 
1781 ; taken prisoner with the congregation of the church at 
Middlesex, July 22d, 1781 ; released December, 1781 ; Sergeant, 
Captain Jesse Bell's Company, same Regiment, Colonel Stephen 
St. John, April-October, 17S2. 
(Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 456, 
487, 488, 650, 662. His application for the pension which he 
received ; statement of Wm. Lochren, Commissioner of Pensions, 
on file.) 

Bell, Clarence W. 
Bell, Thaddeus. 

BRADLEY DANIEL, Lieutenant, 1757-1837. Greenfield, Fairfield. 

Private, 4th Regiment Connecticut Militia, Lieutenant-Colonel 
Ichabod Lewis Commanding, in service at New York two months, 
1776; present in the retreat from New York, September, 1776; 
engaged at Harlem Heights, October 12th, 1776 ; Commissioned, 
January ist, 1777, Ensign, Captain Samuel Halt's Company, 5th 
Regiment, " Connecticut Line," Formation of 1777-1781, Colonel 
Philip Burr Bradley; engaged at Ridgefield, April 27th, 1777; 
engaged at Germantown, October 4th, 1777; promoted 2d Lieu- 
tenant January 13th, 1778 ; present at Monmouth June 28th, 1778; 
promoted ist Lieutenant July 20th, 1780; Lieutenant, Captain 
Edward Bulkley's Company, 3d Regiment, " Connecticut Line," 

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Formation of 1781-1783, Colonel Samuel Blatchley Webb ; Lieu- 
tenant, 3d Regiment, " Connecticut Line," Formation of January- 
June, 1783, Colonel Samuel Blatchley Webb ; Lieutenant, Colonel 
Heman Swift's Regiment, "Connecticut Line." Final Formation 
June-December, 1783 ; honorably discharged November 3d, 1783 ; 
Member Society of the Cincinnati, 1783. 
(Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 194, 
3.31; 367, 368, 374, 633. Copy of his application for the pension 
which he received in possession of Daniel Burr Bradley, South- 
port.) 

GoRHAM, John Alvord. 

Lacey, Milton Silliman. 

Sherwood, Elisha Cornelius. 

BRADLEY, LEVI, 1758-1829. North Fairfield, Fairfield. 

Private, Fairfield Coast-Guard, November 4th, 1776, February 7th, 
1777; Private, " Danbury Alarm," April, 1777; engaged at 
Ridgefield. 

(MS. Records, Fairfield Coast-Guard, in Pequot Library, South- 
port. Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, 
p. 629.) 

Bradley, Cyrus Sherwood. 

BRADLEY, SETH, Ensign, 1735-1798. North Fairfield, Fairfield. 

Ensign 13th Company, Captain Samuel Wakeman, 4th Regiment, 
Connecticut Militia, Colonel Gold Selleck Silliman, May, 1774- 
January, 1778; appointed Ensign, Captain Eliphalet Thorp's 
Company, ist Battalion, Connecticut State Troops, Colonel 
Samuel Whiting, November, 1776 ; resigned. 

(Colonial Records of Connecticut, vol. 14, p. 266. State Records of 
Connecticut, vol. i, pp. 67, 486. Record of Connecticut Men in 
the War of the Revolution, p. 424.) 

Bradley, Cyrus Sherwood. 

BRADSTREET, JOHN, 1718 . Ipswich, Massachusetts. 

Private, Captain Moses Jewett's Troop of Horse, 3d Regiment, 
Massachusetts Militia, Colonel John Baker, Lexington Alarm, 
April, 1775; three days in service; Private, Captain Thomas 

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Mighill's Company, 38th Regiment, Colonel Loamun Baldwin, 
April 23d-December, 1775 ; Private, Captain Thomas Mighill's 
Company, 26th Regiment, January, 1776. 
(MS. Revolutionary War Archives of Massachusetts, vol. 12, p. 163; 
vol. 15, p. 64 ; vol. 56, p. 257 ; vol. 57, file 27 ; vol. 58, file 3, p. 2 ; 
certificate of \Vm. M. Olin, Secretary of State of Massachusetts 
on file.) 

Bradstreet, Albert Porter. 

Br.\dstreet, Edward Thomas, M.D. 

Bradstreet, Thomas Dudley. 

BULKELEY, ELIPHALET, LiEUTENANT-CoLO>iEL, 1746-1816. Col- 
chester. 
Captain 3d Company 12th Regiment, Connecticut Militia, Colonel 
William Williams, May, 1773 ; eleven days in service, Lex- 
ington Alarm, April, 1775 ; appointed. May, 1776, Captain, Colonel 
David Waterbury's Regiment Connecticut State Troops ; pro- 
moted Lieutenant-Colonel 25th Regiment Connecticut Militia^ 
Colonel Elias Worthington, May, 1780; Deputy to the General 
Court for Colchester, October, 1778, and January, 1779. 
(Colonial Records of Connecticut, vol. 14, p. 90 ; vol. 15, p. 300. 
Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 7, 
440. State Records of Connecticut, vol. 2, pp. 122, 130, 170.) 

BuLKELEY, Morgan Gardner, Hon. 

BULKLEY, GERSHOM, 1750-1791. Greenfield, Fairfield. 

Private, 8th Company, Captain Jonathan Dimon, 4th Regiment 
Connecticut Militia, Colonel Gold Selleck Silliman, May, 1776 ; 
Private in same Company in service at New York, 1776 ; taken 
sick before the city was evacuated ; went home about a week 
before his Company was discharged ; in service in Fairfield Coast- 
Guard, May 30th, November ist, 8th, 27th, 1776; January 27th, 
February loth, 1777, and in 1777, 1778 and 1779, three months in 
each year, and in 1780, six months, and also in 1781 and 1782 ; 
Private " Danbury Alarm" April, 1777; also in service at the 
burning of Fairfield, July 8th, 1779. 
(Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, p. 616. 
MS. muster-roll in possession of Cyrus Sherwood Bradley, South- 
port. MS. Records, Fairfield Coast-Guard, in Pequot Library, 

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Southport. Application of iiis widow, Amelia Bulkley, for the 
pension which she received ; statement of Green B. Raum, Com- 
missioner of Pensions, on file.) 

Bradley, Cyrus Sherwood. 

Wakeman, Jesup. 

CARTER, MICHAEL, 1840. Goffstown, N. H. 

Enlisted, March, 1781, in Captain McFarland's Company perform- 
ing guard duty at Boston ; detached, December, 1781, as Marine 
under Captain Parks on board Frigate Alliance, 36 guns, Captain 
Barry ; made three voyages to France and captured seven jjrizes. 

(Ilis application for the pension which he received ; statement of 
VVm. Lochren, Commissioner of Pensions, on file.) 

TiLTON, Walter Henry. 



CARY, JONATHAN, 1757-1S51. North Bridgewater, Massachusetts. 

Private, Captain James Allen's Company, Colonel Simeon Gary's 

Regiment, 1776 ; served five months; Private, Captain Mitchell's 

Company, Colonel Gary's Regiment, 1776; served two months; 

engaged at White Plains, October 28th, 1776. 
(His application for the pension which he received ; statement of 

Wm. Lochren, Commissioner of Pensions, on file.) 

Dunham, Martin Van Buren, M.D. 

CHAFFEE, ABIEL, 1 761-1847. Woodstock. 

Private, Captain John McGregier's Company, 4th Regiment " Con- 
necticut Line," Formation of 1777-1781, Colonel John Durkee, 
July, 1779-January, 1780 ; Private, Captain William Judd's Com- 
pany, 3d Regiment, " Connecticut Line," Formation of 1 777-1 781, 
Colonel Samuel Wyllys, July ist-December nth, 1780; Private, 
Captain Timothy AUyn's Company, 3d Regiment "Connecticut 
Line," Formation of 1781-1783, Colonel Samuel Blatchley Webb, 
February 6th, I78i-February, 1782. 

(Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. iSo, 
333> 633, 663. His application for the pension which he received; 
statement of Wm. Lochren, Commissioner of Pensions, on file.) 

BowEN, James Barton. 

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CLARK, ELIPHALET, 1756 . Middletown. 

Private, Captain Charles Pond's Company, 6th Regiment " Con- 
necticut Line," Formation of 1777-1781, Colonel Return Jona- 
than Meigs, October, 1777-May 2d, 1780 ; substitute for his brother, 
Samuel Clark, who had enlisted on May 2d, 1777, for three years; 
engaged at storming of Stony Point, July 15th, 1779. 
(Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 209, 
641. His application for the pension which he received ; state- 
ment of Wm. Lochren, Commissioner of Pensions, on file.) 

Foster, Chauncev Smith. 

COUCH, SIMON, 1729-1809. Redding. 

Authorized to raise recruits for the Continental Army, 1781. 
(Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, p. 629.) 

Bradley, Cyrus Sherwood. 
Sherwood, Simon Couch. 

COUCH, SIMON, Corporal, 1755-1807. Green's Farms, Fairfield. 

Corporal, Captain Ezekiel Hull's Company 3d Regiment Light 

Horse, Major Ezra Starr; honorably discharged June 9th, 1783. 
(Original MS. discharge in possession of Cyrus Sherwood Bradley, 

Southport.) 

Bradley, Cyrus Sherwood. 
Sherwood, Simon Couch. 

DAVIS, AARON, Colonel, 1709-1777. Roxbury, Massachusetts. 

Captain, Massachusetts Militia, 1775 ; later Colonel Massachusetts 

Militia; Member Massachusetts Provincial Congress, 1774-1775; 

Member Massachusetts General Court, 1775-1776. 
(Journals Provincial Congress, W. Lincoln, 1838. Drake's History 

of Roxbury, 1878.) 

Chase, Charles Francis. 

DIBBLE, JOHN, 1759-1852. Middlesex, Stamford. 

Private, Captain Sylvanus Brown's Company ist Battalion, Colonel 
Gold Selleck Silliman, Brigadier-General James Wadsworth's 
State Brigade, June-December, 1776 ; Private, Captain John Bell's 
Company Coast-Guard, March-September, 1777 ; Private, Cap- 
tain Reuben Scofield's Company ist State Battalion, raised for 

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the defence of the sea-coast, Colonel Roger Enos, September, 
1777-March, 1778 ; Private, Captain Jesse Bell's Company Coast- 

Guard, eighteen months in service, 1778 ; Private, Captain 

Slawson's Company Coast-Guard, nine months in service, 1780 ; 
Private, Captain Jesse Bell's Company Coast-Guard, April- 
October, 1782; also Private, " Danbury Alarm," April, 1777; 
engaged at Ridgefield and Compo. 
(Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 650, 
662. His application for the pension which he received ; certified 
copy of statement of Wm. Lochren, Commissioner of Pensions, 
on file.) 
Andrews, William T.wlor. 

DIMON, JOHN, 1730-1777. Norfield, Fairfield. 

Private "Danbury Alarm," April, 1777 ; taken prisoner; taken to 

New York and died there. 
(Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, p. 493. 
MS. Records of the Probate Court of Fairfield, vol. 1778-1781, 
p. 164.) 
Bradley, Cyrus Sherwood. 

DOUGLASS, WILLIAM, Colonel, 1742-1777. Northford, Branford. 
Commissioned, May ist, 1775, Captain 6th Company, ist Connecti- 
cut Continental Regiment, Major-General David Wooster ; ap- 
pointed. May, 1775, Major 2d Regiment Connecticut Militia, 
Colonel Jonathan Fitch ; resigned, October, 1776 ; appointed, 
June 13th, 1775, Aid-de-camp to General Wooster; discharged, 
December, 1775 ; appointed, January nth, 1776, by Council of 
Safety, Major, Colonel Andrew Ward's Regiment Connecticut 
State Troops; discharged February, 1776 ; appointed, May, 1776, 
Major, Colonel Andrew Ward's Continental Regiment but did 
not serve; Commissioned, June 20th, 1776, Colonel 5th Battalion 
Brigadier-General James Wadsworth's State Brigade ; discharged 
January 4th, 1777 ; Commissioned, January ist, 1777, Colonel 6th 
Regiment " Connecticut Line ;" died from effects of previous 
service. May 28th, 1777 ; Deputy to the General Court for Bran- 
ford, May, 1776. 
(Colonial Records of Connecticut, vol. 14, p. 423 ; vol. 15, pp. 42, 
225, 300, 422, 428, 270. State Records of Connecticut, vol. r, pp. 
28, 13, 400, 558. Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the 
Revolution, pp. 41, 37, 432, 387, 392, 406, 127, 205.) 

DowD, Frank Curtis. 

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ELLSWORTH, SOLOMON, Lieutenant, 1737-1822. East Windsor. 

Lieutenant, 2d Company in East Windsor, Captain Lemuel Stough- 
ton, 19th Regiment Connecticut Militia, Colonel Erastus Wol- 
cott, 1775 ; seven days in service Lexington Alarm, April. 
(Colonial Records of Connecticut, vol. 14, p. 273. Record of Con- 
necticut Men in the War of the Revolution, p. lo.) 
Cornwall, Reverend Nathaniel Ellsworth. 

ELWOOD, THOMAS, Lieutenant, . Fairfield. 

Private, Captain David Dimon's Company Lexington Alarm ; seven 
days in service, April, 1775 ; Private, 4th Company, Captain David 
Dimon, 5th Connecticut Continental Regiment, Colonel David 
Waterbury, May loth-December 14th, 1775 ; Lieutenant of 
Marines on frigate "Alliance," Captain Peter Landais, after- 
vpards Captain Barry, August 24th, 1778 ; retired from service 
May ist, 1783. 
(Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 11, 
67. Other references on file with New York Society.) 

Fairchild, Thomas Benjamin. 

FLOYD, WILLIAM, Colonel, i 734-1821. St. George's Manor, Suffolk 
County, N. Y. 
Member Continental Congress, 1 774-1 783 ; Signer Declaration of 
Independence ; Member New York Provincial Convention, April 
20th, 1775 ; Colonel ist Regiment Suffolk County, New York 
Militia, 1775 ; Member New York Council of Safety, 1777 ; 
Member New York Senate, 1777-1788. 
(Lanman's Biographical Annals of the Civil Government of the 
U. S., pp. 149,487. Civil List, State of New York, Series 1889-91, 
pp. 113, 116, 416. Archives of the State of New York, vol. i, 
p. 287.) 
Delafield, Augustus Floyd. 

FULLER, JOHN, Captain, 1731-1801. Lunenburg, Massachusetts. 

Captain, Colonel Asa Whitcomb's Massachusetts Regiment, 1775- 

1782. 
(MS. Revolutionary War Archives of Massachusetts, vol. 14, p. 85 ; 
vol. 28, p. 62 ; vol. 51, p. 89. MS. Archives of Massachusetts, 
vol. 146, p. 83 ; vol. 147, p. 156 ; vol. 148, p. 115.) 
Heaton, John Edward. 

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GARRETT, JOHN WAIT, Major, 1778. Wyoming. 

Appointed Lieutenant ist Company 24th (Westmoreland) Regiment 
Connecticut Militia, Colonel Zebulon Butler, October, 1775 ; 
promoted Captain October, 1776 ; promoted Major, October, 
1777 ; killed in action at Wyoming, July 3d, 1778. 
(Colonial Records of Connecticut, vol. 15, p. 152. State Records 
of Connecticut, vol. i, pp. 31, 430. Record of Connecticut Men 
in the War of the Revolution, p. 440.) 
Gates, Howard Eugene, M.D. 

GLENNEY, WILLIAM, Lieutenant, 1760-iSoo. Dunstable, Massa- 
chusetts. 
Sergeant, 4th Regiment "Connecticut Line," Formation of 1777- 
1781, Colonel John Durkee, January ist, 1777 ; promoted Ensign, 
Captain John Durkee's Company ist Regiment "Connecticut 
Line," Formation of 1781-1783, Colonel John Durkee; Ensign, 
ist Regiment "Connecticut Line," Formation of January-June, 
1783, Colonel Zebulon Butler; promoted Lieutenant, Colonel 
Heman Swift's Regiment "Connecticut Line," Final Formation, 
June-December, 1783 ; Member, Society of the Cincinnati, 1783. 
(Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 183, 
320, 359, 368, 373.) 
French, William Freeman, M.D. 

GOODYEAR, THEOPHILUS, Corporal, 1731-1793. North Haven. 

Private, 3d Company, Captain Samuel Peck, 5th Battalion, Colonel 
William Douglass, Brigadier-General James Wadsvvorth's State 
Brigade, 1776 ; Corporal, Captain Joseph Mansfield's Company, 
6th Regiment "Connecticut Line," Formation of 1777-1781, Col- 
onel William Douglass, April ist, 1777-December 31st, 1779; ^^' 
valid pensioner. 
(Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 408, 
207, 649.) 

Heaton, John Edward. 

GOULD, EBENEZER, 1760-1809. Douglas, Massachusetts. 

Private, Captain Job Knap's Company, Massachusetts Militia, in 

service at Rhode Island, February 28th-March isth, 1781. 
(MS. Revolutionary War Archives of Massachusetts, vol. 2, p. 175 ; 
certificate of Wm. M. Olin, Secretary of State of Massachusetts 
on file.) 
Gould, David Henry. 

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GOULD, ELEAZER, Sergeant, 1720 . Douglas, Massachusetts. 

Sergeant, Captain Caleb Whiting's Company Massachusetts Militia; 

ten days in service Lexington Alarm, April, 1775. 
(MS. Revolutionary War Archives of Massachusetts, vol. 13, p. 167 ; 

certificate of Wm. M. Olin, Secretary of State of Massachusetts 

on file.) 

Gould, David Henry. 



HALLETT, JOSEPH, 1731-1799- New York. 

Member New York Committee of One Hundred, May ist, 1775 ; 

Member New York Provincial Congress, 1775-6. 
(Civil List, State of New York, Series 1889-91, pp. 114, 452-3. 
Archives of the State of New York, vol. i, p. 3.) 
Delafield, Augustus Floyd. 

HAMILTON, ALEXANDER, Brevet-Colonel, 1757-1804. New York. 
Appointed Captain New York Provincial Artillery, March 14th, 
1776; Aid-de-camp to the Commander-in-Chief with rank as 
Lieutenant-Colonel; Colonel by brevet, September 2Sth, 1783, 
to end of war ; Member, Society of the Cincinnati. 
(Archives of the State of New York, vol. i, pp. 84, 244, etc.; Heit- 
man's Register of Officers in the Continental Army, p. 206.) 
Hamilton, Major-General Alexander. 
Hamilton, Reverend Alexander. 



HODGE, PHILO, 1756-1842. Roxbury. 

Private, Captain Peter Perritt's Company, 19th Continental Regi- 
ment, Colonel Charles Webb, January, 1776-January, 1777; Pri- 
vate, Captain Benjamin Hine's Company, 2d Battalion Connecti- 
cut State Troops, Colonel Thaddeus Cook, January-April, 1777 ; 
also in service a few days in " Danbury Alarm " in 2d Company,' 
Captain Samuel Treat, 2d Regiment Connecticut Militia, April, 
1777. 
(Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 635, 
663. His application for the pension which he received ; state- 
ment of Wm. Lochren, Commissioner of Pensions, on file.) 

Hodge, Charles W. 

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Bom January 26, 1731. Died August y, ITOft. 




JOSEPH HALLETT. 



AWiO'TPE, i. BliHSIAOT, I 



HOLBROOK, JOHN, 1726-1801. Derby. 

Member, Derby Committee of Inspection, elected December i itli, 

1775; Member of a committee to take care of soldiers' clothing, 

elected December 14th, 1778. 
(Derby Town Proceedings, vol. i, pp. 106, 107, 126, 127 ; certificate 

on file.) 

Johnson, Colonel Frederick Curtis. 

HOLCOMBE, ELIJAH, 1731 . Simsbury. 

Private, 3d Compan}-, Lieutenant-Colonel Roger Enos, 2d Con- 
necticut Continental Regiment, Brigadier-General Joseph Spen- 
cer, May yth-December 19th, 1775 ; Private, Captain James 
Judson's Company Major John Skinner's Regiment Connecticut 
Militia Light Horse, July 8th-August 3d, 1776; Private, 2d 
Regiment Continental Light Dragoons, Colonel Elisha Sheldon, 
January ist, 1781-1783. 

(Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 47, 
476, 283.) 

Wessells, Colonel Henry W.^^lton. 

HOTCHKISS, JOHN, 1779. New Haven. 

Volunteer, killed at New Haven, July 5th, 1779. 

(The Connecticut Journal, New Haven, Wednesday, July 28th, 1779, 
in Library of Yale University, New Haven. 

Wells Edw.a,rd Livingston. 

HYDE, JOSEPH, 1761-18—. Green's Farms, Fairfield. 

Private, Fairfield Coast-Guard nine months ; Private "Danbury 
Alarm"; engaged at Ridgefield ; wounded at Compo ; also in 
service at the burning of Fairfield and at Norwalk. 

(Autograph statement and Affidavit of Joseph Wakeman, dated 
October 19th, 1838, both in possession of Simon Couch Sherwood.) 

Sherwood, Simon Couch. 

JENNINGS, JOEL, 1753 . Greenfield, Fairfield. 

Private, 4th Company, Captain David Dimon, 5th Connecticut 

Continental Regiment, Colonel David Waterbury, May 13th- 

November nth, 1775. 
(Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, p. 67.) 

Sturges, Abram Baldwin, M.D. 

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JENNISON, JOHN, Captain, 1744-1804. Walpole, New Hampshire. 

ist Lieutenant, Captain Christopher Webber's Company Colonel 
Benjamin Bellow's New Hampshire Regiment, March i6th, 1776 ; 
promoted Captain ; in service till 1780. 
(New Hampshire MS. State Papers, vol. 10, pp. 591, 593, 594, 595, 
596, 599, 602, 603 ; vol. 14, p. 297 ; vol. 15, pp. 23, 37 ; vol. 17, pp. 
528, 532-) 
Heaton, John Edward. 

JESUP, EBENEZER, M.D., Ensign, 1739-1812. Green's Farms, Fairfield. 

Ensign, Captain Thomas Nash's Company in service in 4th Regi- 
ment Connecticut Militia, Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan Dimon, 
at Peekskill, October 5th-3oth, 1777. 

(Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, p. 518.) 

Sherwood, Simon Couch. 

JONES, JOHN, Lieutenant, 1738-1816. Ridgefield. 

2d Lieutenant, Captain Noble Benedict's Company Colonel Philip 

Burr Bradley's Battalion Brigadier-General James Wadsworth's 

State Brigade, 1776. 
(Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, p. 414.) 

Jones, John Smith. 
Jones, Timothy. 

LAWRENCE, JONATHAN, Brigade-Major, 1802. New York. 

Member New York Provincial Congress, 1775-1777 ; Brigade-Major 
Queens County New York Militia, 1775 ; Lieutenant, Captain 
Nathaniel Tomm's Company, Colonel William Malcolm's Regi- 
ment Additional Continental Infantry, January loth, 1777-April 
22d, 1779 ; Captain, Lieutenant-Colonel H. K. Van Rensselaer's 
Regiment New York Levies, 1779 ; Captain, Colonel John Har- 
per's Regiment New York Levies, May iith-November 30th, 1780; 
Captain Sappers and Miners, June 12th, 1781-November 25th, 
1782. 

(Civil List, State of New York, Series 1889-91, pp. 453-4. Archives 
of the State of New York, vol. i, pp. 4, 286, 240, 256, 413, 257.) 

Hamilton, Reverend Alexander. 
Wayne, Reverend Henry N. 

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LYMAN, ELIHU, Ensign, 1760 . Middletown. 

Ensign, Captain Elihu Hubbard's Company, 17th Continental Regi- 
ment, Colonel Jedediah Huntington, 1776; wounded and taken 
prisoner in action at Long Island, August 27th, 1776 ; exchanged. 
May, 1778 ; Member, Society of the Cincinnati. 
(Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 101, 
376. State Records of Connecticut, vol. i, p. 258 ; vol. 2, p. 51.) ' 
Sanford, Lieutenant-Colonel George Bliss. 

MATHER, JOSEPH, Captain, 1753-1840. Middlesex, Stamford. 

Private, ist Company, Captain-Lieutenant Sylvanus Brown, sth 
Connecticut Continental Regiment, Colonel David Waterbury, 
May 9th-December loth, 1775 ; Private, nth Company, Captain 
Jonathan Bell, 9th Regiment Connecticut Militia, Lieutenant- 
Colonel John Mead, Commanding, in service at New York, 
August i3th-Septcmber i6th, 1776 ; Private, same Company in 
service on the Westchester border, October 24th-December 24th, 
1776; Private, same Company, Captain Eli Reed, in senice on 
the Westchester border, December 28th, 1776-January Sth, 1777 ; 
served in same Company three months ; Sergeant same Company] 
"Captain" Nathaniel Slason, eight months in service, 1779 1 
promoted Ensign ; in service July, 1780 ; promoted Captain ; six 
months in service 1781. 
(Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 64, 
456, 488, 619, 586, 650. His application for the pension which he 
received ; copy of statement of Wm. Lochren, Commissioner of 
pensions, on file.) 

Street, Frederick D. 

MATHER, MOSES, D.D., Reverend, 1719-1806. Middlesex, Stamford. 
Taken prisoner with the congregation of the church at Middlesex 

July 22d, 1 781, and confined in the Provost prison, New York 
(Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, Benson J. Lossing, vol. i 
p. 414- Poetical Relation, Peter St. John. 
Street, Frederick D. 

MORGAN, WILLIAM AVERY, Sergeant, 1754-1842. Groton. 

Private, Captain Isaac Gallup's Company, loth Continental Regi- 
ment, Colonel Samuel Holden Parsons, December i-th 1775- 
December, 1776; "was in the battle of Long Island, and 'during 

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the engagement a musket ball passed through his hat ;" pro- 
moted Sergeant ; " about the time New London was burned he 
was drafted and went to that place and served about one month, 
but under what officers is not stated;" "was one of the first to 
enter Ft. Griswold after the massacre." 
(Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. loo. 
656, 661. His application for the pension which he received ; 
statement of Wm. Lochren, Commissioner of Pensions, on file.) 
BuLKELEV, Hon. Morgan Gardner. 

MORGAN, ZEDEKIAH, 1744 . Newtown. 

Conductor of teams for transporting supplies from Danbury, Con- 
necticut, to the Continental Army, 1779-1781. 

(Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, p. 628.) 
Morgan, Hon. Daniel Nash. 

MORRIS, JAMES, Brevet Major, Litchfield. 

Commissioned, June 20th, 1776, Ensign 5th Company, Captain 
Abraham Bradley, 2d Battalion, Colonel Fisher Gay, Brigadier- 
General James Wadsworth's State Brigade ; Commissioned, 
January ist, 1777, ist Lieutenant 5th Regiment "Connecticut 
Line," Formation of 1777-1781, Colonel Philip Burr Bradley; 
taken prisoner in battle of Germantown, October 4th, 1777 ; 
exchanged, January 3d, 1781 ; promoted Captain-Lieutenant, 
July 29th, 1780; promoted Captain, August 22d, 1780 ; Captain 
2d Regiment "Connecticut Line," Formation of 1781-1783,001- 
onel Heman Swift ; detached from 2d Regiment to serve in Col- 
onel Alexander Scammell's Light Infantry Regiment, May, 1781 ; 
served with Southern Army ; retired by consolidations, Januarj' 
ist, 1783; Member, Society of the Cincinnati. 

(Colonial Records of Connecticut, vol. 15, p. 426. Record of Con- 
necticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 395, 194, 325, 

354, 375) 
Morris, Brigadier-General Dwight. 
Morris, Robert Clark. 

OSBORN, NATHANIEL, Sergeant, . Stratford. 

Private, 2d Company, Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Whiting, 5th 
Connecticut Continental Regiment, Colonel David Waterbury, 
May loth-November 17th, 1775 ; re-entered service; Private, 

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Captain Robert Walker's Company Colonel Samuel Elmore's 
Continental Regiment, April i6th, 1776; Sergeant, Captain John 
Yeates' Company Colonel Roger Enos' Regiment Connecticut 
Militia, in service on the Hudson, May 29th-August 27th, 1778 ; 
Sergeant, Corps of Sappers and Miners, September gtli, 1 779-1 783. 
(Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 65, 
115, 538, 298. Statement of Edgar B. Hoyt, on file.) 

HoYT, Colonel Heusted, W. R. 

Hoyt, Leigh Richmond. 



PARMELEE, SAMUEL, 1737-1807. Guilford. 

Private, 5th Company, Captain Elias Dunning, 13th Regiment Con- 
necticut Militia, Colonel Benjamin Hinman, in service at New 
York, August i2th-September 30th, 1776. 

(Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, p. 468.) 

Parmelee, Henry Douglas. 



POND, CHARLES, Captain, 1744-1832. Milford. 

Ensign, 9th Company, Captain Peter Perritt, 7th Connecticut Con- 
tinental Regiment, Colonel Charles Webb, July 6th-December 
2ist, 1775 ; ist Lieutenant, igtli Continental Regiment, Colonel 
Charles Webb, 1776; Captain, armed sloop "Schuyler," June, 
1776; recaptured prizes taken by the English; Captain, 6th 
Regiment "Connecticut Line," Formation of 1 777-1 781, Colonel 
William Douglas, January ist, 1777; resigned April 20th, 1779; 
Captain, Brig-of-War " New Defence," 1779 ; taken prisoner and 
confined on Prison Ship " Jersey." Member, Society of the Cin- 
cinnati. 

(Colonial Records of Connecticut, vol. 15, p. 94. Record of Con- 
necticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 83, 104, 206, 376. 
American Archives, 4th Series, vol. 6, pp. 974, 991. Thirty-Six 
Voyages, George Coggeshall, New York, 1858, pp. 26, 27. List of 
Prisoners on Ship "Jersey.") 

Baldwin, Wilson Leslie. 
Pond, Nathan Gillette. 

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SANFORD, ELIHU, Sergeant, 1759-1839. 

Corporal, Captain David Smith's Company 8th Regiment "Con- 
necticut Line," Formation of 1777-1781, Colonel John Chandler, 
February i6th, 1777; promoted Sergeant May 27th, 1778; Ser- 
geant, Captain David Dorrance's Company 5th Regiment " Con- 
necticut Line," Formation of 1781-1783, Lieutenant-Colonel 
Isaac Sherman, January ist-December 31st, 1781. 

(Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 231, 
348, 637.) 

Sanford, Lieutenant-Colonel George Bliss. 

SANFORD, JONAH, 1735-1817. 

Private, Captain Jesse Curtis' Company Colonel Noadiah Hooker's 
Regiment, Brigadier-General Erastus Wolcott's Brigade Con- 
necticut Militia, in service on the Hudson, April 9th-May 21st, 
1777. 

(Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, p. 500.) 

Sanford, William Henry. 

SATTERLEE, BENEDICT, , Connecticut. 

Volunteer, and in action Wyoming Massacre, July ist-4th, 1778. 
(Papers in possession of Edward R. Satterlee.) 

SwARTwouT, Satterlee. 

SCHUYLER, PHILIP, Major-General, 1733-1804. New York. 

Major-General Continental Army, June 19th, 1775 ; resigned April 
19th, 1779 ; Member Continental Congress, 1775-1781 ; Mem- 
ber New York Provincial Convention, April 20th, 1775 '< Mem- 
ber New York Senate, 1780-1784; Member, Society of the Cin- 
cinnati. 

(Heitman's Register of Officers in the Continental Army, p. 358. 
Archives of the State of New York, vol. i, pp. 8, 15, etc.) 

Hamilton, Reverend Alexander. 

SHERMAN, ROGER, 1721-1793. 

Assistant, May 1774-May 1780 ; Member Continental Congress, 1774- 
1780 ; Member of the Committee appointed to prepare the Declar- 
ation of Independence and Signer of the same ; Member Con- 
necticut Council of Safety, May, 1774-May, 1780; Delegate to 

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the Springfield Convention, Jul)', 1777 ; Delegate to the New 
Haven Convention, January, 1778 ; Delegate to the Philadelphia 
Convention, January, 1780. 
(American Archives, vol. i, pp. 554, 895. Journals of Congress, 
vol. 2, pp. 206, 207, 245. Colonial Records of Connecticut, vol. 
14, pp. 254, 324 ; vol. 15, pp. 4, 136, 272. State Records of Con- 
necticut, vol. I, pp. 10, 221, 253, 355, 417, 477, 600, 601, 609, 610, 
612 ; vol. 2, pp. 3, 18, 134, 251, 287, 462, 579.) 

Baldwin, Henry. 

SHERWOOD, ABEL, 1751-1819. New Fairfield. 

Private, 9th Company, Captain Nehemiah Beardsley, 5th Connecti- 
cut Continental Regiment, Colonel Uavid Waterbury, May 9th- 
October 9th, 1775; Private, Captain James Stoddard's Company 
Brigadier-General David Waterbury's State Brigade, September 
6th, 1781. 
(Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 70, 
574.) 
Hopkins, Lewis Legrand. 

SHERWOOD, DANIEL, 2d, 1735-1819. Greenfield, Fairfield. 

Private, 8th Company, Captain Jonathan Dimon, 4th Regiment 
Connecticut Militia, Colonel Gold Selleck Silliman, May, 1776 ; 
in service in Fairfield Coast-Guard, November 7th, 1776 ; Clerk, 
Fairfield Coast-Guard, Captain George Burr, in service at Fair- 
field, August 7th, 1777, and at Peekskill, under Lieutenant-Col- 
onel Jonathan Dimon, October 5th-i4th, 1777. 

(Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 521, 
616. MS. Records, Fairfield Coast-Guard, in Pequot Library, 
Southport. MS. muster-roll and order in possession of Cyrus 
Sherwood Bradley, Southport.) 

Bradley, Cyrus Sherwood. 
Lacey, Milton Silliman. 
Rowland, Henry Lincoln. 
Rowland, Herbert Samuel. 
Sherwood, Elisha Cornelius. 
Sherwood, Oliver Taylor. 
Sherwood, Simon Couch. 
Wakeman, Robert Peel. 

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SMITH, ELIPHALET, 1761-1836. Fairfield. 

Private, Captain "Bearley's" Company Fairfield Coast-Guard, 
September-December, 1779 ; Private, 6th Company, Captain 
Ebenezer Morehouse, 4th Regiment Connecticut Militia, Major 
Elijah Abel, in service September, 1780-January, 1781 ; Private, 
Captain Daniel Sturges' Company Fairfield Coast-Guard, April- 
August, 1782. 
(Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, p. 651. 
His application for the pension which he received ; statement of 
Wm. Lochren, Commissioner of Pensions, on file.) 

HovT, Harrie Trowbridge. 

HoYT, Thomas Russell. 

STORRS, DAN, 1748 . Mansfield. 

Clerk under Lieutenant-Colonel Experience Storrs, Lexington 

Alarm, April, 1775 ; twenty-seven days in service. 
(Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, p. 16.) 

Waterman, Warren Gookin. 



STOWE, SAMUEL, Midshipman, 1758-1830. . 

Midshipman on Continental Frigate " Trumbull," Dudley Salton- 
stall, Commander, December 15th, 1776-December 15th, 1777 ; 
Midshipman on State man-of-war " Oliver Cromwell," Captain 
William Coit, January 2oth-March i6th, 1778. 
(Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 598, 
596.) 
French, William Freeman, M.D. 

STOWE, STEPHEN, 1727-1777. 

Volunteered as nurse to the Continental soldiers confined in the 

prison ships, and died of a contagious disease while on such 

service. 
(Inscription on tombstone at Milford, Conn., erected by the State.) 

French, William Freeman, M.D. 

STREMBECK, JACOB, Ensign, 1755-1841. Pennsylvania. 

Musician, Captain Thomas Procter's Company Pennsylvania Artil- 
lery, June 3oth-July 31st, 1776; Private, Captain Peter Brown's 
Company, Colonel Jehu Eyre's Regiment Philadelphia Militia 
Artillery, June 2ist-August 21st, 1779; Ensign, Captain George 
Forepaugh's Company, 2d Battalion Philadelphia Militia Artil- 

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lery, Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin G. Eyre, 1780 ; Ensign, Captain 
John Geycr's Company 3CI Regiment Pennsylvania Militia, Major 
Richard Salter, February 4th, 1781. 
(Penn. Archives, Second Series, vol. 11, p. 180 ; vol. 13, pp. 714, 
743, 776.) 
Allen, Chief Engineer Louis Joseph. 

SWARTWOUT, ABRAHAM, Capt.^in, . New York. 

Captain, 3d Regiment "New York Line," Colonel Peter Ganse- 

voort, November 2 ist, 1776; Captain, Colonel Zephaniali Piatt's 

Regiment Dutchess County, New York, Associated Exempts, 1778. 

(Heitman's Register of Officers in the Continental Army, p. 3S9. 

Archives of the State of New York, vol. i, pp. 59, 140, 201, 285.) 

SwARTWouT, Satterlee. 

TAYLOR, LEMUEL, 1 765-1848. Danbury. 

Drummer, Captain George Terrell's Company Lieutenant-Colonel 
Samuel Canfield's Regiment Connecticut Militia, in sen'ice April- 
October, 1779 ; Private, Captain Brewster's Company, on guard 
duty, April-July, 1780 ; Private, I/ieutenant Colfax's Company 
Colonel " Samuel G. Webb's Regiment," on guard duty, October- 
December, 1781. 
(His application for the pension which he received ; certified copy 
of statement of Wm. Lochren, Commissioner of Pensions, on 
file.) 

Andrews, William Taylor. 

THORP, ELIPHALET, Captain, 1740-1795. Fairfield. 

Member, Fairfield Committee of Inspection, eleeted December 28th, 
1775 ; Captain 4th Company 4th Regiment Connecticut Militia, 
Colonel Samuel Whiting, May, 1776 ; in service at Peeks- 
kill, October 5th-3ist, 1777 ; Captain in ist Battalion Connecticut 
State Troops, Colonel Samuel Whiting, November, 1776-March, 

1777- 
(Colonial Records of Connecticut, vol. 15, p. 341. State Records of 
Connecticut, vol. i, p. 67. Record of Connecticut Men in the 
War of the Revolution, pp. 515, 424. MS. Town Records of Fair- 
field.) 

Rowland, Henrv Lincoln. 

Rowland, Herbert Samuel. 

Wakeman, Robert Peel. 

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TREADWELL, DANIEL, 1756-1815. Norfield, Fairfield. 

Private, Captain Elijah Abel's Company, Colonel Philip Burr 
Bradley's Battalion, Brigadier-General James Wadsworth's State 
Brigade, June 20th-November i6tli, 1776 ; taken prisoner at Fort 
Washington, November i6th, 1776 ; Invalid pensioner. 
(Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp.415, 
647.) 
GoRHAiM, John Frederic. 

WAKEMAN, JOHN, 2D, i 731-1809. Greenfield, Fairfield. 

Private, 8th Company, Captain Jonathan Dimon, 4th Regiment Con- 
necticut Militia, Colonel Gold Selleck Silliman, May, 1776 ; in 
service in Fairfield Coast-Guard October 28th, 1776 ; Private, 
Fairfield Coast-Guard, Captain George Burr, in service at Peeks- 
kill under Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan Dimon, October sth- 
30th, 1777. 
(Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 616, 
521. MS. muster-roll in possession of Cyrus Sherwood Bradley, 
Southport. MS. Records, Fairfield Coast-Guard, in Pequot 
Library, Southport.) 

Bradley, Cyrus Sherwood. 

Wakeman, Howard Nichols. 

WALLACE, JAMES, . New York. 

Private, 5th Company, Captain Aaron Aorson, 3d Regiment " New 
York Line," Colonel Peter Gansevoort, January 13th, 1777-N0- 
vember, 1778. 
(Archives of the State of New York, vol. i, p. 203.) 
RiKER, Edward Wood. 

WATERBURY, ENOS, 1761-1846. Stamford. 

Private, Captain Sylvanus Brown's Company, ist Regiment Con- 
necticut State Troops, Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant Matthew 
Mead, June, 1779-March, 1780 ; Private, Captain Reuben Scofield's 
Company Coast-Guard, April loth, 1780-January ist, 1781 ; Pri- 
vate, Captain Charles Smith's Company Brigadier-General David 
Waterbury's State Brigade, March-December, 1781. 
(Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 558, 
651, 662. His application for the pension which he received ; 
statement of Wm. Lochren, Commissioner of Pensions, on file.) 

Waterbury, William F. 

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WAYLAND, JAMES, 1827. New Stratford, Stratford. 

Private, Captain Joseph Walker's Company, 3d Reigiment " Con- 
necticut Line," Formation of 1781-1783, Colonel Samuel Blatch- 
le)- Webb, January ist-Deccmber 31st, 1781 ; Invalid pensioner. 
(Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 333, 
647.) 
Day, Loren True, M.D. 

WEED, ANANIAS, 1752-1820. Stamford. 

Private, Captain Joseph Hoit's Company Lexington Alarm ; eight 
days in service, April, 1775 ; Private, ist Company, Captain- 
Lieutenant Sylvanus Brown, 5th Connecticut Continental Regi- 
ment, Colonel David Waterbury, May 6th-December 13th, 1775 ; 
Private, Captain John Skinner's Company, Colonel Jonathan 
Latimer's Regiment Connecticut Militia, in service at Saratoga, 
August 25th-October 8th, 1777. 
(Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 22, 
65, 509) 

RiKER, Edward Wood. 

WOODHULL, NATHANIEL, Brtgadier-General, 1722-1776. New 
York. 
Colonel Long Island Militia, 1775 ; Brigadier-General same, 1776 ; 
Member New York Provincial Convention, April 20th, 1775 ! 
Member New York Provincial Congress, 1 775-1776 ; President of 
same, 1776 ; taken prisoner and wounded after capture, at Jamaica, 
Long Island, August 28th, 1776, and died of wounds, September 
20th, 1776. 
(Civil List, State of New York, Series 1889-91, pp. 113, 452-3. Cal- 
endar of Revolutionary Papers, Albany, N. Y., vol. i, p. 134. 
Heitman's Register of Officers in the Continental Army, p. 443. 
Archives of the State of New York, vol. i, pp. 4, 80, 126.) 
Hamilton, Reverend Alexander. 
Wayne, Reverend Henry N. 



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JJ T IBERTV rose from the flames of war in dazzling glory; the death 
-Lv of heroes gave her life ; her fostering light still warms the souls of 
men with the ardor of the martyrs to her cause, and while any share 
the blood that consecrated her altars, may the Daughters and Sons 
of the Revolution preserve the memory of those men of lofty 
purpose, who rank in grandeur of resolve and deed beside the 
saints of God. Let every freedom-loving soul unite with us to 
sound the praise of those to whom we owe our broad and favored 
land — Columbia." — From an essay hy IV. V. Goldic of Nctv London, 
written in competition for the Society s prize-medals, iSg^. 



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(Written for the Society in Iowa.) 



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Delivered December nth, 1894 

During the past year death has taken several members of this Society, and 
among them none will be more missed than General Dwight Morris, who at the time 
of his death was our honored and loved President. Dwight Morris was born in 
Litchfield, November 22d, 1816, and came from a family which has been famous in 
the history of our land. 

His grandfather, James Morris, was born in Connecticut in 1717. James, the son 
of James Morris, was the father of General Morris. He was born in 1758 ; he grad- 
uated from Yale College in 1775, and immediately entered the American Army and 
was taken prisoner by the British at Germantown, but was afterwards exchanged in 
1781. At the close of the war he held the rank of Captain. In 1790 he founded the 
Morris Academy at South Farms, then in the town of Litchfield, but which is now 
the town of Morris, named in his honor. He also served as ist Major in the war of 
1812. James Morris died a short time after the birth of his son Dwight Morris. 

Dwight Morris entered Yale College, and shortly before the close of his Sopho- 
more year, considering himself unjustly censured by the President of Yale, left that 
College and entered Union, where he graduated with honors in 1838. Yale after- 
wards conferred the degree of M.A. In 1841 General Morris was admitted to the 
Bar and began practice in Bridgeport, where he remained until the time of his death. 
He was elected a member of the General Assembly in 1845. in 1S64 and in 1880. 

In 1845-51 and 1852 he was Judge of Probate for the District of Bridgeport. 
When the Rebellion began General, then Colonel Morris, raised and went to the 
front in command of the 14th Connecticut Volunteers. He left the State with the 
Regiment Aug. 25th, 1862, and on Sept. 7th he was assigned to the command of the 
Second Brigade, French's Division, Second Army Corps. He served for more than a 
year and ill health compelled him to resign, when he was honorably discharged and 
retired with the rank of Brigadier-General. The regiment which Colonel Morris 
commanded and led into battle was called the " Fighting Fourteenth." The records 
say: "Colonel Morris led his men most gallantly at Antietam." The regiment was 
in 34 battles and skirmishes, and lost as many men in killed and wounded as almost 

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any regiment in the war. They never lost a color, were present at the surrender of 
Lee, and had the honor of leading the great and glorious 2d Corps while marching 
through Richmond, the captured Confederate capitol. 

The men with General Morris, from their commander down to the private sol- 
diers, were among the bravest, and history will never forget their deeds. General 
Morris was wounded while in service, and carried the scar to the day of his death. 

In 1864 President Lincoln nominated General Morris Judge of the Territory of 
Idaho, but he declined the honor, and in 1866 he was appointed Consul General to 
Havre, France, where he served until 1869. In 1876 General Morris was elected Sec- 
retary of State, and he was instrumental in having the Charter of Connecticut 
framed with wood from the original Charter Oak. It was through his efforts that the 
old Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati was reorganized. He was chosen its Presi- 
dent, a position which he held until the time of his decease. General Morris was 
probably the only man in the United States, at the date of his death, who was a 
member of the Society of the Cincinnati by right of his own father, who was an 
officer in the Revolution. General Morris was always courteous and kindly in his 
address, and made many friends. His figure was striking, as he was very erect and 
carried himself with militarj' bearing; he was fond of books and literature and a 
ready conversationalist on almost any subject. 

He was an earnest worker for the success of the Connecticut Society of the Sons 
of the Revolution and will long be remembered. 

E. Livingston Wells. 



fl^tunttif WLavntv 3^f»noltrs ?l^o»t 

Heusted Warner Reynolds Hoyt was bom in Ridgefield, Connecticut, November 
1st, 1842, and was a son of Reverend Warner and Elizabeth P. (Reynolds) Hoyt. 
His father, who was rector of St. Stephen's church, Ridgefield, died, October 18th, 
1844, when he was two years old. He was educated at Greenwich Academy and at 
Columbia College, studied law, and after being admitted to the bar, opened an office 
in Greenwich, where he continued to reside until his death. At the age of twenty- 
five he was elected to the State Senate, and in 1S87 he was Speaker of the House of 
Representatives. He was also Colonel of the 4th Regiment Connecticut National 
Guard. On November 14th, 1893, he was admitted to membership in the Society. 
He died on Sunday, April 8th, 1894, beloved by all who knew him. 

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:JCJitf)an eillctte Dontr 

Nathan Gillette Pond was born in New York City, May 31st, 1832, and was the 
son of Charles Hobby and Martha (Gillette) Pond. He was descended from many 
noted settlers of Connecticut, among them being Theophilus Eaton and Thomas 
Hooker. For many years he was a merchant and broker in New York City. After 
retiring from business he made his home at Milford, Connecticut, and gave his time 
to antiquarian research. He was one of the founders of the Society of Colonial 
Wars, was most active in reviving the old Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati, and 
was the first to apply for membership and to be admitted to this Society upon its 
organization. In all of these Societies he was an honored officer whose loss was 
keenly felt. He was the last editor of the Magazine of American History, and was 
an honorary associate editor of the American Historical Register until his death. 
He died on Sunday, July 29th, 1894. 



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To those who have been patiently waiting for the publication of this volume, is 
due the explanation that the delay in its appearance has not been without sufficient 
reason. As a result of that delay the Committee is able to present a fairer and 
more perfect publication than could otherwise have been prepared. 

To the mother society in New York and to the sister society in Iowa, arc ten- 
dered the thanks of the Committee for their courtesy in permitting the use of illus- 
trations. 

This Register, it will be noted, differs from those of sister societies. The credit 
for the improved method of arrangement belongs to Connecticut, it having been 
devised by the late Professor Daniel C. Eaton, of Yale University, for the Society of 
Colonial Wars, by which Society it has been successfully tried. 

In giving the references for each record of servdce, this Society stands almost 
alone. Yet in this way only can permanent historical value be given to the register 
of an hereditary society ; in this way only can the laborious comparison of proofs and 
the endeavor for exactness in historical statement be rendered of use, save to those 
officers and members, by whom and for whom they must be performed. If all 
hereditary societies would do likewise they would render lasting service to those 
who cherish the memory of the Nation's patriot dead. 

The illustration of the statue of the martyr-patriot, Nathan Hale, erected by 
the mother society in New York, has a fitting place in these pages, together with the 
last five stanzas of the poem read by Judge Finch before the Linonian Society of 
Yale in 1853. Hale was a son of Connecticut, to whom all coming generations 
may point with reverent pride. By kind invitation, this Society took part in the 
dedication of the memorial which tells the story of his patriotism to the life-tides of 
busy humanity throbbing to and fro in the heart of the greatest city of the land 
that calls him hers. 

A fac-simile reproduction of the national ode which the author of "America ' 
wrote in 1894 for the sister society in Iowa, also finds a place in this volume. 

All persons discovering historical or genealogical errors are earnestly requested 
to report the same to the Society without delay. Great care has been exercised, but 
it is not always possible to guard against errors arising through the confusion of two 
or more individuals of the same name. 

The Publication Committee. 

Southport, January ist, 1896. 

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